By the end of Judges the Israelites are in a worse condition than they were at the beginning, with Yahweh's treasures used to make idolatrous images, the Levites ( priests ) corrupted, the tribe of Dan conquering a remote village instead of the Canaanite cities, and the tribes of Israel making war on the Benjamites, their own brothers.

In the 20th century the first part of the prologue ( chapters 1: 1-2: 5 ) and the two parts of the epilogue ( 17-21 ) were commonly seen as miscellaneous collections of fragments tacked on to the main text, and the second part of the prologue ( 2: 6-3: 6 ) as an introduction composed expressly for the book ; this view has been challenged in the latter decades of the century, and there is an increasing willingness to see Judges as the work of a single individual, working by carefully selecting, reworking and positioning his source material to introduce and conclude his themes.

Later, a line of Judges ( who were not kings as they only had the power to provide insight to the people and not to take action to enforce their rulings ) was created alongside the line of High Priests created by Moses through Aaron.

Thomas Harrison and John Carew were Commissioners ( Judges ) at the trial of Charles I and signed the death warrant.

Many of these images were produced as picture postcards by the British Postcard manufacturer he founded now known as Judges Postcards.

Judges at the House of Lords secured their position by mere virtue of the fact that their fathers were hereditary peers and so individuals would automatically inherit seats in the upper house rather than securing their position through merit.

Judges were elected by a straight majority vote, held independently in the Council and Assembly.

Judges were paid 15, 000 Dutch florins a year, with daily expenses of 50 florins to pay for living expenses, and an additional 45, 000 florins for the President, who was required to live at The Hague.

The Judges were believed to be representatives of YHWH or Jehovah God.

Whereas the late King James the Second by the Assistance of diverse evill Councellors Judges and Ministers imployed by him did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant Religion and the Lawes and Liberties of this Kingdome ( list of grievances including ) ... by causing severall good Subjects being Protestants to be disarmed at the same time when Papists were both Armed and Imployed contrary to Law, ( Recital regarding the change of monarch ) ... thereupon the said Lords Spirituall and Temporall and Commons pursuant to their respective Letters and Elections being now assembled in a full and free Representative of this Nation takeing into their most serious Consideration the best meanes for attaining the Ends aforesaid Doe in the first place ( as their Auncestors in like Case have usually done ) for the Vindicating and Asserting their ancient Rights and Liberties, Declare ( list of rights including ) ... That the Subjects which are Protestants may have Arms for their Defence suitable to their Conditions and as allowed by Law.

Judges of courts of specialized jurisdiction ( such as bankruptcy courts or juvenile courts ) were sometimes known officially as " referees ," but the use of this title is in decline.

The Biblical Book of Judges revolves around a succession of leaders who were known as " Judges " ( Hebrew shoftim שופטים ) but who-aside from their judicial function-were also tribal war leaders, leading in war against threatening enemies.

The Jordan has a number of fords, and one of them is famous as the place where many Ephraimites were slain by Jephthah ( Judges ).

At July 2008, there were 44 judges ( 5 of whom were also Judges of the Family Court of Western Australia ), 2 judicial registrars and 1 senior registrar.

The second year, 1929, there were no nominations at all, although the Academy has a list of unofficial titles which were under consideration by the Board of Judges.

In the Book of Judges ( 1: 4-7 ), Adoni-Bezek, ( simply " lord of Bezek "), was a Canaanite king who, having subdued seventy of the chiefs that were around him, was attacked by the armies of Judah and Simeon.

No central government existed, and in times of crisis the people were led by ad hoc leaders known as Judges.

No central government existed, and in times of crisis the people were led by ad hoc leaders known as Judges ( see the Book of Judges ).

No central government existed, and in times of crisis the people were led by ad hoc leaders known as Judges ( see the Book of Judges ).

No central government existed, and in times of crisis the people were led by ad hoc leaders known as Judges.

Judges were Ellen Asher, Ginjer Buchanan, Les Daniels, Mimi Panitch and George H. Scithers.

Judges were Robert A. Collins, Ellen Datlow, Dean R. Koontz, Patricia A. McKillip and Charles de Lint.

Judges were Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, and Delia Sherman.

Judges were Robert A. Collins, Ellen Datlow, Dean R. Koontz, Patricia A. McKillip ,.

Judges were Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, and Delia Sherman.

Judges were Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, and Delia Sherman.

Judges were Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, and Delia Sherman.

Judges were Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, and Delia Sherman.

Judges were Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, and Delia Sherman.

Judges for the event are Jenny Blackford, Peter Heck, Ellen Klages, Chris Roberson, and Delia Sherman.

Nania, originally from Geelong, had played with the Golden Lifestyle Band ; Bolger, originally from Brisbane, had played bass in Clag and Sleepy Township and in looser configurations such as an improvisational group with Mia Schoen and Ellen Turner ; Williams had been a member of Perth group Molasses and, in the early days of Panel of Judges was also drumming in Melbourne band Jaguar is Jaguar ; and Nichols had been a formative figure in the Hanshalf Trio in Melbourne, Crabstick and Blairmailer in Sydney, and the ' travelling ' group Ruff Buff.

In the Tanakh ( also referred to as the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible ), Dagon is particularly the god of the Philistines with temples at Beth-dagon in the tribe of Asher ( Joshua 19. 27 ), in Gaza ( Judges 16. 23, which tells soon after how the temple is destroyed by Samson as his last act ).

Achzib is mentioned in the Book of Joshua ( 19: 29 ) and Book of Judges ( 1: 31 ) as a town that became of the Asher tribe, though archaeological evidence indicates that it was Phoenician.

( see the Book of Judges ) With the growth of the threat from Philistine incursions, the Israelite tribes decided to form a strong centralized monarchy to meet the challenge, and the Tribe of Asher joined the new kingdom with Saul as the first king.

It appears to have been within the territory of the tribe of Asher, though allotted to Manasseh, ( Joshua 17: 11 ; Judges 1: 27 ).

Judges were Justin Ackroyd, Les Edwards, Laura Anne Gilman, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Jane Yolen, with awards administrator Peter Dennis Pautz.

Judges were Justin Ackroyd, Les Edwards, Laura Anne Gilman, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Jane Yolen, with awards administrator Peter Dennis Pautz.

Judges were Suzy McKee Charnas, Jo Fletcher, George R. R. Martin, Baird Searles and Terri Windling.

Judges of the Superior Court were John Bartow Prevost ( 1804 – 1808 ), Ephraim Kirby ( 1804 ) ( died en route to New Orleans ), Peter Stephen Duponceau ( 1804 ) ( declined President Thomas Jefferson's appointment ), William Sprigg ( 1805 – 1807 ), George Mathews, Jr. ( 1805 – 1813 ), Joshua Lewis ( 1807 – 1813 ) and Francois Xavier Martin ( 1810 – 1813 ).

Judges were Suzy McKee Charnas, Jo Fletcher, George R. R. Martin, Baird Searles and Terri Windling.

His great-grandfather, John Lowell, was among the first Judges for the newly created federal courts, appointed by Presidents George Washington and John Adams.

He made it through the auditions, boot camp ( singing Prince's " Purple Rain ") and eventually made it to Judges ' Houses ( singing George Michael's " Praying for Time ").

Judges rarely second-guess the prosecutors ' judgment on such a matter ( and George stated that he was " loath " to do so ).

Chief Judge George Healy and Associate Judges Janette A. Bertness, Debra L. Olsson, Robert E. Hardman and Robert M. Ferrieri of the Rhode Island Workers ' Compensation Court.